Is diabetes hereditary?

Just wondering if I'm likely to be diabetic if my dad is

 

depends which type?

google it there are 2 types I think-age onset is as it says to do with age

 

RE: depends which type?

Just saw about that. I'll ask him when I'm home.</p>

It's great to be part of a family with a history of illness </p>

 

RE: depends which type?

Having diabetes in the family puts you at risk. The closer the relative is, the greater the risk. So if your mum or dad has diabetes, rather than your aunt or uncle, it’s more likely you will develop the condition too.Type 2 is the one more likely to develop.

 

Good chance of it mate! nt

 

Type 1 diabetes is when the body stops producing insulin - this has a strong hereditory link and the closer the family member the more chance you have of it being passed down. Type 1 diabetes is usually contracted as a young age, and, is more often than not controlled through the injection of Insulin.

Type 2 diabetes is when insulin is being produced but the body cannot utilise it properly to control suger level in the body. This is the type that is usually contracted later in life and is often caused by lifestyle - i.e. too fat or too inactive etc. Type 2 diabetes, is generally controlled through better dietary control to manage and regulate the sugar content in your body. Incidence of it in the family is again a risk factor in developing it, but not the only one. That is why health professionals are suggesting that Type 2 diabetes is going to be a health ticking time bomb in the future as, with people getting fatter, the incidence of type 2 is growing exponentially.

It is also possible to have a combination of both, (i.e. the body is producing some, but not enough insulin, and it also struggles to use what is being produced) - sometimes known as type 1 and a half.

 

So my best bet is to get tested? nt

 

wouldn't do any harm nt

 

RE: So my best bet is to get tested? nt

If you're always thirsty, always tired, and generally feel ***** - yes get your blood sugar level measured. I don't think they actually test for diabetes.

 

As youre only young

& I make the assumption your dad has only recently been diagnosed itsa worthwhile seeing your practice nurse to assess your individual risk
not just of diabetes but of hypercholesterolaemia, hypertension, hypothyroidism and other connected diseases. Your risk can be assessed by simple means (blood tests and a BP & pulse reading)

My eldest is skinny as a rail & fit as a lop but had high cholesterol at 17, so needs regular tests as he is likely to have inherited the gene for this constellation of problems from me. I knew in my 30's so have been able to make lifestyle changes to delay the onset and repair the damage already done.

Forewarned is forarmed

 

RE: As youre only young

Ask them to test you for Heamochromatosis en all. Mi father was diagnosed with this and I was told to get some tests done as this is hereditary. When I went to the docs he'd never heard of it and had to look it up on tinternet there and then while I was with him in the surgery. As for the phlebotomy nurse at the hospital
Apparently it's very common in people of Northern European origin - even though nobody's ever heard of it.

 

you learn something new every day.........................

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/haemochromatosis1.shtml</p>

 

RE: you learn something new every day.........................

That article looks familiar Incidentally, I ent gorrit so somebody's got a 1 in 299 chance of having it.

 

yes it is mate, im diabetic like and my mum had pregnancy diabeteas whan she was pregnante with me so my specialist nurse says theres a very good chance that my mum being in that situation caused me to become diabetic when i was 11 years old.

 

No

Diabetes is not hereditary, quite often the diet or insufficiencies of the mother during pregnancy can have a effect . In later life a lack of iron , calcium vit C, E can cause diabetes but it is definately not hereditary..

 

Yes

it is

 

RE: Yes

My late Father in Law had it and so does my better half.

 

no-the fact you haven't got it doesn't affect someone else's chance of having it nt

 

RE: Yes

DSLRed, thanks for the explanation, mate.

 

RE: Yes

No probs